And can it be...

...that I haven't posted since October 24th? Where does the time go?

We are now living in our new home in Dallas, OR. We actually moved in on October 30th. That was almost comical. Duane had promised we could move in within 120 days of starting the building process, so he told us to order our PODS and move in on the 30th. The PODS were delivered Saturday morning, while the carpet layer was furiously working to get the carpet in place.

As Victor finished a room with brand new carpet, we started piling furniture, boxes and miscellaneous stuff in the room. Where did all this stuff come from? Why didn't we leave it behind? Why did we pay to have it stored? The questions one asks oneself at a time like this.

It has been two weeks now, and the place is coming together. It actually feels like home. It is amazing how I flit from one room to another, doing a little here and a little there and never finishing the "set-up" of one room before moving on to another. In part, that is because I get to a certain point of setting up, and then I need something that we haven't unboxed yet. We know it is in the house, just not its exact location.

Jill is in San Diego visiting the kids and grandkids, so I have had several days to concentrate on the moving in process. We now have two functional guest rooms (come on down for a visit!), but the office (i.e., computer network) is not yet functional.

We still have our 3G network internet, but not the new cable internet service we ordered. The installer showed up the day before yesterday, only to find that the cable company has not pulled the cable as far as our lot yet! He put in an order for that to be done on Monday.

It took umpteen phone calls to get the satellite TV installed... and then the installer arrived and said most of what we wanted wasn't on his work order. In the end, he installed everything just as we wanted it, including an antenna feed to the RV garage, so we can have TV in the motor home, which makes it a viable guest suite, complete with TV. (The automatic satellite dish on the roof of the motor home doesn't work very well indoors. Go figure.)

Duane and the boys have been around a lot during these first two weeks, finishing up the fireplace and the exterior trim. Friday, they came by and got the last of their tools and debris. Alberto spent a good deal of the day pressure washing the driveway, sidewalks and street.

Duane will be back this week to install a "clean-out" for the plumbing system. This will double as a place to dump the holding tanks on the motor home. Hence, we will have a fully functional hook up for Sadie (refer to paragraph 7 above.)

Yesterday, I took the 84" drapery panel, which matches the guest room comforter set but is too short for our 96" high windows, and transformed it into a Roman shade for the guest room window. It turned out pretty well and will serve the purpose of providing privacy with a consistent decor motif.

So, as I tell people, when they ask if we are moved in, "We are moved in, but we are not put away yet." Everyday, brings us a step closer to being fully settled. That is when the fun begins...landscaping the yard!

Stay tuned for some pictures of the Waughs at home in Dallas.